Early praise for ‘Liszt’, Benjamin Grosvenor’s new recording

Coinciding with its release on 19 February, Benjamin Grosvenor’s new recording for Decca Classics, Liszt, has been selected for Editor’s Choice by Gramophone. The reviewer comments “An ideal Liszt Sonata performance requires transcendental virtuosity, prodigious colouristic resources, a sense of drama and narrative flow and a gift for fusing both architecture and passion. Benjamin Grosvenor’s…Read more ›

Tito Muñoz makes his New York Philharmonic debut.

The New York Philharmonic Orchestra has launched a new streaming series called NYPhil+ This week, Tito Muñoz conducts the following programme, in his first performance with the orchestra: Copland              Quiet City ML Williams        Selections from Zodiac Suite Still                      Out of the Silence Ives                     The Unanswered Question Copland               Appalachian Spring (for 13 instruments) For more…Read more ›

Moulds conducts Dido & Aeneas at the Bolshoi

Following his recent performances of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro (italics) in December Christopher Moulds is back at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow for the final series of this production of Dido and Aeneas which was premiered at the Bolshoi in December 2019. The production is nominated for Golden Mask award for best production, and…Read more ›

Tito Muñoz: Orchestre national d’Île-de-France

Tito Muñoz begins the year in Europe, conducting concerts with the Orchestre national d’Île-de-France over the coming week. The ‘Passions Russes’ programme includes Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto performed by soloist Alena Baeva, along with his 6th Symphony ‘Pathétique’. Muñoz made his debut with the orchestra in the 2019/20 season with a programme which included Beethoven’s Violin…Read more ›

Viviane Hagner performs Mendelssohn

Viviane Hagner is delighted to be joining the Hamburg Symphoniker and conductor Sylvain Cambreling to perform Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto op.64 on Sunday. Due to current restrictions which unfortunately means no audience in the Laeiszhalle, the concert is being streamed online. The programme starts with Mozart’s Overture to The Marriage of Figaro, and concludes with Beethoven’s…Read more ›

Benjamin Grosvenor renews with Decca and announces new album

Pianist Benjamin Grosvenor has renewed his exclusive partnership with Decca Classics, which so far has seen acclaimed releases such as his 2016 recital album Homages and, most recently, his recording of the Chopin concertos with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Elim Chan, which won a Diapason d’Or and Gramophone Concerto Award in 2020. Benjamin’s…Read more ›

Moulds Conducts Figaro in Moscow

Christopher Moulds is back in Moscow over Christmas, this time to conduct Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro. There will be four performances starting tonight. For more information about the production, click here. He will also be returning in January for further performances of Dido and Aeneas which has been nominated for a Golden Mask award.

‘Josquin has defined our career’: Peter Phillips on the end of a major recording project

Article first appeared on Arts Desk. Read HERE. “I have never been a fan of recording “Complete Works”. These projects almost inevitably include music that one would not normally spend time and money on, just to claim that one has done it all. For this reason the Gimell catalogue, from the earliest days, will be…Read more ›

Moulds nominated for Golden Mask

Congratulations to Christopher Moulds who has been nominated in the Best Conductor category of the 2021 Golden Mask awards for his performances of Dido and Aeneas at the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow this season. As part of the National Theatre Awards, the production has also been nominated for a Golden Mask in the Best Production category,…Read more ›